Aftershocks rocked China again

May 28th, 2008 | Category:Breaking News, World News

Two aftershocks struck China on Tuesday in which 63 people injured more than 4,20,000 homes collapsed. The aftershocks struck the southwest town of Qingchuan in Sichuan Province & neighboring Ningqiang in Shaanxi Province.

In total, authorities reported four aftershocks in the area Tuesday, all of them above 4.5 magnitude. The two recent aftershocks at 5.4 & 5.7 magnitudes, citing the China National Seismological Network. The U.S. Geological Survey said that they measured 4.5 & 5.0 magnitude. The earlier aftershocks registered at magnitude 5.2 & 5.5.

The aftershocks rattled the area as authorities were evacuating thousands of people in Sichuan province Tuesday so they could blast a potentially dangerous lake created by landslides from this month’s earthquake.

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